Experience
1 August 2007 to 31 July 2010
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Level C
Department of Computer Science, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, at the Australian National University: Lecturing in web design, e-commerce and professional standards.
31 July 1999 to 31 July 2007
Visiting Fellow
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University: Electronic business consultant, author, e-publishing and Internet policy.
15 June 1999 to 30 July 1999
Member of the Defence Common Operating Environment Project Team
(Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B).
Communications, Information Policy and Plans Branch,
Department of Defence: Advise on Internet technologies and products for the Defence Common Operating Environment. Prepare policy on Internet, intranet and web use.
8 December 1998 to 15 June 1999
Director Technical Issues, Defence IS Y2K Project Office
(Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B).
Member of the Defence Information Systems Year 2000 Project Management Office, Department of Defence: Assist with planning of re-mediation of Defence Information Systems for the Year 2000 Problem.
1 July 1997 to 7 December 1998
Special Adviser, Defence Internet/Intranet Policy
("Manager Defence Internet/Intranet Policy" until 5 January 1998)
(Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B).
Information Policy and Plans Branch,
Department of Defence: Prepare policy on Internet and intranet use.
Co-ordinate Defence input to interdepartmental Internet implementation.
Manage the Corporate Information Program Home Page.
7 December 1996 to 30 June 1997
Manager Defence Information Management Architecture
(Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B). Information Management Branch, Department of Defence: Prepare the Defence Business Model and Information Systems Architecture, in consultation with defence and other agency staff.
October 1994 to 6 December 1996
Defence Web Master & Senior Policy Adviser, Information Management Strategic Plans
(Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B). Information Management and Communications Engineering Branch, Department of Defence: Prepare the Defence Information Management Strategic Plan. Prepare Defence policy on Internet information services. Co-ordinate Defence input to interdepartmental Internet implementation. From March 1995: manage the Defence Home Page and Minister for Defence Home Page as Defence Web Master (until May 1997).
September 1990 to October 1994
Senior Policy Adviser - Data Administration Standards (Senior Information Technology Officer, Grade B). Corporate Management Branch, Australian Defence Force Headquarters: Provide technical leadership to develop data administration policies for the Defence Department. Represent Defence at the Information Exchange Steering Committees on Open Systems and Industry Development.
February 1990 to September 1990
Administrative Services Officer, Class 8. On secondment to Headquarters Australian Defence Force: Provide advice and assistance on IT policy for Defence. Provided advice on restructuring the Defence Manpower Support Redevelopment Project and incorporation of Unix into the Defence computing environment.
September 1986 to February 1990
Information Systems Administrator (Administrative Services Officer, Class 8), Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman: Responsible for all ADP activities of the office using contracted programming and facilities support staff. Implemented office automation for tracking complaints and word processing on national Convergent Technologies multi-processor network. Preparation of strategic plan and budget.
May 1986 to September 1986
Computer Systems Officer Grade 3 Department of Education (previously Commonwealth Schools Commission): Supervise five staff. Similar functions to previous CSO2 position, but with more supervision responsibilities.
June 1983 to November 1985
Computer Systems Officer Grade 2, Systems Section, Operations Branch, Schools General Programs Division, Department of Education (previously Commonwealth Schools Commission): Analysis, design, programming, testing and maintenance of computer and manual systems for the Department's administrative and statistical activities. Maintenance and extension of the Non Government Schools Database (with computer centre DBA personnel) to enable payments to schools of $1,500M annually. Programming in SAS (Statistical Analysis System) and NATURAL (database interrogation language) on an IBM compatible main frame. Planning, programming and installation of WANG PCs, minicomputer and word processors.
June 1982 to May 1983
Computer Systems Officer Grade 1, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Computer Services Division, Applications Branch:User Database and Data Dictionary Administrator for the Population Census ADABAS Database. Programming in NATURAL, COBOL and PL/1 for census reports on FACOM M200 main frame.
February to June 1982
Programmers assistant 2 (Clerk Class 2/3), Australian Bureau of Statistics, Computer Services Division, Applications Branch: Simple programming and programmer support.
February 1980 to February 1982
Collector of Public Monies and Paying Officer (Clerk class 1, Acting 2/3), Department of Employment and Youth Affairs, Accounts Section
April 1979 to January 1980
Junior applications programmer
, accounting applications, Hartley Computer Applications Pty. Ltd.: Programming on DEC PDP11 and WANG WCS15 minicomputers in BASIC.
